English team struggling with pitch showing understanding (10)
I believe the answer is:
empathetic
'understanding' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english team struggling with pitch' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'struggling with' is an anagram indicator (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'team' mixed up with 'pitch' gives 'mpathetic'.
'e'+'mpathetic'='EMPATHETIC'
'showing' is the link.
(Other definitions for empathetic that I've seen before include "Understanding" , "Appreciating another's feelings" .)